Events
Expos decision ‘in 2 weeks’
The future of the Montreal Expos should be decided 'within two weeks' according to a senior League official - but a permanent move may now not take place until 2005.
IOC appoints new museum director
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the appointment of Francis Gabet as director of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
PGA event secures title sponsor
Consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has signed a three-year title sponsor deal of the PGA Tour's Washington DC event.
EC still not sure on League TV deal
The English Premier League's £1billion three-year TV rights deal is still to be given the green light after the European Commission confirmed it had yet to ratify the agreement.
Beijing’s first stadium deal
The first ownership tender for a venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing has been signed after a consortium bought up part of the new national stadium.
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Who will win the Premiership?
A new three-year television deal for English soccer's Premier League is expected to be unveiled today - with the price-tag set to be around £1bn ($1.61bn/EUR1.42bn).
TV chiefs tune in to Athens
Athens 2004 president Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki has addressed the second World Broadcasters Meeting, organised by Athens Olympic Broadcasting (AOB).
Portugal counts the Euros
A new survey examining the economic impact of staging Euro 2004 in Portugal has revealed huge long-term financial benefits to the country.
ATHOC move into Games ‘HQ’
The local organising committee for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games have moved into the main operations centre.
Snooker screws back on WSE
The latest twist in snooker's chequered commercial history has seen the sport's governing body ditch its commercial arm - World Snooker Enterprises - claiming it has failed to hit 'specific performance targets'.
HF Sports net PPV deal
Hector Figueroa's HF Sports has snapped up the deal to show the US men's basketball team's 2004 Olympic Games qualifiers - on pay-per-view.
Observing the big event
Organisers of the All Africa Games are inviting industry figures to take part in its observer programme.
Superbikes set for TV talks
World Superbikes will meet with its TV partners later this year with a view to discuss a change in scheduling of its races to boost its broadcast coverage, sportbusiness.com can confirm.
Craig praises F1 date shift
Former CART CEO Andrew Craig has praised the decision by Formula One chiefs to move the event forward by three months in next year's race calendar.
AutoTrader snaps up NFL deal
AutoTrader.com has signed a major sponsorship package of NFL broadcasts in the US.
Bacher agrees to biography
Dr Ali Bacher, former executive director of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 and managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa, has given the go-ahead for his official biography to be published.
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